Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

August weather whether hot or cool brings some good fish. - Headed into the back bays this morning. Hit several redfish spots, no pun intended, catching a bunch of small fish. Don't know where the big ones went over the last few days while I was on vacation and then laid up nursing the knee I twisted fly fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

N. Georgia Stripers.....trout bite a little slow. - I took my gal up to N. Georgia these last few days for some R&R. We invited 4lb. Ray and his wife to come along. Ray wanted to get a striper guide in between wading for trout in the local streams. Fishing, like anywhere else, can be hot or cold more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Redfish bite is on...getting better with each day. - When it comes to catching reds you have several choices. You can sit home and watch it on the telly....you can dream about being on the redfish tour or you can get on the boat with me and see what it's all about! Everyone wants to catch reds. The more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Dodging storms while catching fish. - The rain is welcomed in the area. Getting rain can cool the water temps and the air making a day of fishing most enjoyable. Seems like it's been a lot of yearS since we had afternoon storms or morning pop up storms as we have had this summer. We more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Redfish for everyone!!!!!!! - Had some N. Florida guys this morning. One had never caught a red, the others very few. By the end of the trip each had a red, one had the inshore slam and the quad, another had the quad. We ended up with a couple of keeper trout, flounder, nice s more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Stormy weather reds. - Launched the boat to a sky full of lightning and ominous cloud cover. As we eased over to the bait hole the wind came up turning the bay into a washing machine. After a few throws of the net we had enough nice sized ly's to fish. The weather was more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Rule number three: catch fish and have fun.... - If you want to know what rule number one and two are....either fish with me or ask Margeret and Lisa. These two ladies were in town for a little R&R and some fishing. Both could fish so after they made a few adjustments to the equipment it was on more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big fishermen can come in small packages. - Another day for the kids.....long day I'm going to keep it short. Had a 15 year old this morning, Danial Hitchcock, had a 6 and 7 year old this afternoon; Doug and Seth Johnson. All did well and all caught a bunch of fish. End of the day: Countle more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

West Bay trout and reds, spanish and spinner sharks. - Headed up to West Bay with Bob and Steve this morning. They wanted to catch some trout. We started out at a good trout/redfish spot putting a big red along with a couple of small trout in the boat. We missed a couple of good trout for various reas more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Spanish are as thick I have seen them in a long time! - JD Strawbridge and three of his BFF's came for some action this morning. JD, his dad and some of his buddies have fished with me over the years....and they could tell some stories of what really happens out there on the water. We took off around si more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City